You can choose what to have for dinner. You can choose what to watch on TV (so long as you don’t have small children who monopolize the channels).
You can even choose to stay up late on a school night. And then promptly regret it the following day when you must get up for work.
But one thing you can’t choose is who to call Mom. You can't just stroll into a store and think, “Hmm, I'll take the one in the floral dress and a loaf of bread, please.”
It would be pretty awesome. But what’s more so is the fact that your Mom gave you a life to live. She gave you all the opportunities in the world with love and kindness.
And for that alone, she’ll forever deserve a special place in your heart.
Why Do Moms Deserve So Much Appreciation?
Mom, aka the peacekeeper of all childhood squabbles. The provider of food, both yummy and less so. And the first aid monitor for all bumps, bruises, and the occasional knocked-out tooth.
She was the source of clean clothes (and still is for the cheeky few who pop home on a weekend with a bag of dirty laundry). She was the shoulder to cry on when life went wrong. And the person who ran to comfort just hours after a blazing row.
For many people, their Mom was, and always will be, their hero. But that’s not to say that all mothers are created equal.
For a lot of now grown-up children, the journey was much harder. Their childhood was littered with sadness and pain. And they find little to be thankful for.
But, regardless of how great or not great your childhood was, it only existed because of your Mom. She carried you for 9 months, give or take, before bringing you into this world. And everything you’ve done since is because of her.
That doesn’t mean you can turn around and blame her for any hurdles you’ve hit in your life: the choices you’ve made did that. But the fact you had the opportunity to make those choices in the first place is thanks to your Mom.
So, whether you’re best of friends and pop around twice a week or the relationship is strained at best, be thankful for where you came from. Be thankful for the life you now have.
And take a moment to read through these mother-daughter quotes, with an appreciation for everything your Mom has done, and is still doing, for you.
85 Best Mother-Daughter Quotes and Sayings for 2025
- “There were times when…I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.” – Taylor Swift
- “Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there.” – Edith Wharton
- “My mother shed her protective love down around me and without knowing why people sensed that I had value.” – Maya Angelou
- “A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” – Irish Proverb
- “When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong, because I see myself like my mother does.” – Lauren Alaina
- “Maybe motherhood means honoring one's mother.” – Sheila Heti
- “No one in this world can love a girl more than her mother.” – Unknown
- “They both began to giggle and then…fell into a side-splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.” – Karen Kingsbury
They both began to giggle and then…fell into a side-splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.” – Karen Kingsbury
- “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend.” – Unknown
- “Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” – Caitlin Houston
- “Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.” – Alice Hoffman
- “The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter.” – Anita Diamant
- “Mother was comfort. Mother was home.” – Ruta Sepetys
- “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” – Signe Hammer
- “A mother and a daughter always share a special bond, which is engraved on their hearts.” – Unknown
- “A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- “She's my best friend—she's everything to me. It's always just been me and her against the world.” – Jacquelyn Middleton
- “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.” – J.K. Rowling
- “Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Unknown
- “When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother.” – Anna Quindlen
- “There were times, in middle school and junior high, I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.” – Taylor Swift
- “In my daughter’s eyes, I am a hero. I am strong and wise, and I know no fear.” = Martina McBride
- “I am not a perfect mother, and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter, and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.” – Zoraida Pesante
I am not a perfect mother, and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter, and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.” – Zoraida Pesante
- “Even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay.” – Jojo Moyes
- “Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.” – Alexandra Stoddard
- “My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.” – Serena Williams
- “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” – Denise Van Outen
- “Mothers are the most dynamic and influential force on the development of a young woman's journey to being herself.” – Hillary L. McBride
- “I think the hardest thing for a mother is to make it possible for a child to be independent and at the same time let the child know how much you love her, how much you want to take care of her, and yet how truly essential it is for her to fly on her own.” – Madeleine Albright
- “If I turn into my mother, or even half the woman she is, I’ll consider my life a successful one.” – Unknown
- “Everything good in me, I got it from my mama.” – Honey County
- “By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong.” – Sada Malhotra
- “I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, ‘My head and my heart.'” – Viola Davis
- “Many people may be replaced in daughter’s life, but nobody can take the mother’s place.” – Unknown
- “As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” – Jessica Kirkland
- “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” – Maya Angelou
- “My daughter makes me laugh with her incredibly humorous take on the world. Everything makes her laugh, and I aspire to take in the world the same shoes she does.” – Unknown
- “There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love, and a child's soul.” – Unknown
- “As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.” – Kristin Hannah
As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.” – Kristin Hannah
- “I did not give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you.” – Unknown
- “The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.” – Jodi Picoult
- “In my daughter’s eyes I am a hero. I am strong and wise and I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me.” – Martina McBride
- “My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite dared to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her wings.” – Erica Jong
- “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” – Sophia Loren
- “You are my angel, you remind me of the goodness in this world and inspire me to be the greatest version of myself.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” – Melia Keeton-Digby
- “Mother and daughter from the start, best friends forever from the heart.” – Unknown
- “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she’ll never outgrow your heart.” – Unknown
- “When I love I give it all I’ve got, like my mother does.” – Lauren Alaina
- “My mom is a strong-willed lady. She taught me to believe in myself no matter what anybody else said.” – Tracey Edmonds
- “She’s my best friend — she’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.” – Jacqueline Middleton
- “On the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am and I straighten my crown.” – Unknown
- “A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous…full of beauty and forever beautiful…loving and caring and truly amazing.” – Deanna Beisser
- “A mother is the only person in the world, who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.” – Unknown
- “From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress — I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.” – Isabella Rossellini
From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress — I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.” – Isabella Rossellini
- “My mom taught me a woman's mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” – Sonya Teclai
- “The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.” – Sandra Vischer
- “My mother, she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel, I want to grow old and be like her.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Mothers and daughters are closest when daughters become mothers.” – Unknown
- “Mothering is a mysterious task. First, you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” – Judy Ford
- “We are our mothers’ daughters, are we not?” – Corey Ann Haydu
- “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Unknown
- “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Diana, Princess of Wales
- “I cannot forget my mother. She is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadies herself long enough for me to run across safely.” – Renita Weems
- “A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.” – Kristin Hannah
- “My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words, but I always remember the tune.” – Graycie Harmon
- “A mother’s and daughter’s love is never separated.” – Viola Shipman
- “In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai…it is composed of two characters. The first means pain; the second means love. That is a mother's love.” – Lisa See
- “A mother who radiates self-love and acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem.” – Naomi Wolf
- “What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.” – Helen Claes
- “Maybe loving someone so much, someone that is such a part of you, is what makes the mother-daughter relationship so special. Mothers know that love is forever. And that’s a lesson their daughters can’t wait to pass along.” – Melissa Harrison
Maybe loving someone so much, someone that is such a part of you, is what makes the mother-daughter relationship so special. Mothers know that love is forever. And that’s a lesson their daughters can’t wait to pass along.” – Melissa Harrison
- “I felt a sudden wave of sympathy for her. It couldn’t be easy being my mother.” – Jojo Moyes
- “Mama, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly. You’ve given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life.” – Carrie Underwood
- “A mother is a daughter’s best friend.” – Unknown
- “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because a queen raised me.” – Unknown
- “Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” – Barbara Delinsky
- “The birth of a daughter means you finally get to lay eyes on your soulmate.” – Unknown
- “My mother was like sand. The kind that warms you on a beach when you come shivering out of the cold water. The kind that clings to your body, leaving its impression on your skin to remind you where you’ve been and where you’ve come from.” – Clare Vanderpool
- “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a Mother.” – Unknown
- “My daughter introduced me to myself… the connection I had with her when I was giving birth was something I’ve never felt before.” – Beyoncé
- “Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
- “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” – Unknown
- “A mom is a daughter’s ‘first’ friend. And, through life, becomes her best friend.” – Vicki Reece
- “Mother and daughter relationship is a special bond that spans the years. Through laughter, worry, smiles, and tears. A sense of trust that can’t be broken, a depth of love sometimes unspoken.” – Unknown
Final Thoughts on Mother-Daughter Relationships
No relationship is perfect. And even more so when it comes to mothers and daughters. You’ll likely clash over the smallest of things. But with any luck, we become best friends again in no time.
If that’s not the case, if you don’t have that close connection, remember that your Mom gave you this life to live. She’d want you to be happy while following your dreams. So go out there and do it.
Be proud of who you are. And always appreciate the Mom you came from.
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